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On the Road Less Traveled is the inspirational story of Edmund A. Hajim, an American financier and philanthropist who rises from dire childhood circumstances to achieve professional success and personal fulfillment. At age three, Hajim is kidnapped by his father, driven from St. Louis to Los Angeles, and told that his mother is dead. His father soon abandons him in order to seek employment -- mostly in vain -- leaving his son behind in a string of...
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"When Michael Lewis first met him, Sam Bankman-Fried was the world's youngest billionaire and crypto's Gatsby. CEOs, celebrities, and leaders of small countries all vied for his time and cash after he catapulted, practically overnight, onto the Forbes billionaire list. Who was this rumpled guy in cargo shorts and limp white socks, whose eyes twitched across Zoom meetings as he played video games on the side? In Going Infinite, Lewis sets out to answer...
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La presente obra se fundamenta en la importancia de los capítulos y temas seleccionados y tratados con una metodología y lenguaje apropiado, resultado de la experiencia académica y empresarial de sus autores. De esta manera, se combinan una cobertura profunda de los principios financieros y la investigación, y se ponen de relieve las aplicaciones prácticas. Asimismo, orienta al lector para el inicio de un nuevo negocio.
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This book highlights the importance of Financial Inclusion Growth and Governance, inalienably linked to each other and integral to fostering financial stability. Rapid Financial Inclusion will lead India to a trajectory of exponential economic growth with Equity allowing India to take its rightful place in the comity of nations and to take a leadership role in South and South East Asia and the world. This is a collection of speeches and writings of...
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Is an investors' "perfect storm" brewing? If you're not careful, it could sweep your wealth away. Long-dormant inflation looks to be catching fire. A stock market in overdrive may crash and burn for years. And taxes to fund deficits and social programs look to be rising to punishing levels not seen in a generation. This triple threat could mean a financial apocalypse from which many investors won't ever recover.
Getting straight talk on smart wealth...
6) Personal Financial Planning for Executives and Entrepreneurs: The Path to Financial Peace of Mind
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Effective financial planning for executives and entrepreneurs is complex, dense, and impossible to reduce to a single, easy-to-understand formula. Designed to emphasize the importance of effective, targeted financial planning, this book begins by telling a story about a fictional, but plausible, power couple and their family who (spoiler alert!) do pretty much everything wrong in securing their financial future. In most cases, they don't do the things...
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The Complete Credit Care ™ Program is one of the most important books you'll ever read.
It will show you how to break out the viscous high interest credit cycle that costs most Americans hundreds of thousands of dollars in their lives. Most people don't realize how much just a few dollars extra payment every month adds up over a lifetime. This book will show you how (bringing up your credit score 100 points) will change your life forever. Huge...
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This book, written jointly by an engineer and artificial intelligence expert along with a lawyer and banker, is a glimpse on what the future of the financial services will look like and the impact it will have on society.
The first half of the book provides a detailed yet easy to understand educational and technical overview of FinTech, artificial intelligence and cryptocurrencies including the existing industry pain points and the new technological...
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The Asia Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Monitor (ASM) is a knowledge-sharing product developed as a key resource for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprise development policies in Asia and the Pacific. The ASM 2020 Volume III is a Thematic Chapter on financial technology (fintech) loans to tricycle drivers in the Philippines, addressing how fintech affects the welfare of the self-employed and contributes to the development of country's local...
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This report offers an analytical framework that allows for more systemic assessments of distributed ledger technology (DLT) and its applications. It examines the evolution and typology of the emergent technology, its existing and projected applications, and regulatory and policy issues that they entail. This report highlights the trends, concerns, and potential opportunities of DLTs, especially for Asian markets. It also identifies the benefits and...
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The Asian financial landscape has grown more interconnected over the past 2 decades. Previous financial crises have shown how financial volatility can transmit rapidly across an interconnected financial network. Empirical analyses have shown, moreover, how financial volatility can reverberate across the macro-economy. This report summarizes the lessons from past crises, reviews the evidence of the macro-financial linkages and feedback effects of financial...
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In this program, we'll view the entire range of jobs needed to make solar power a reality from research and development, design and marketing, and financial analysis to construction and project management. Engineers, analysts and managers share with us both how they work in this emerging green industry and how they found the opportunity to be part of the clean energy solution. Jobs profiled in this program include:Research & Development Engineer,...
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The advice is sound; the client seems eager; and then… nothing happens! Too often, this is the experience that financial professionals encounter in their daily work. When good recommendations go unimplemented, clients' well-being is compromised, opportunities are lost, and the professional relationship grows strained. Advice that Sticks takes aim at the problem of financial non-adherence. Written by a neuropsychologist and financial change expert,...
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This book is about what Mark Carney has called 'the social licence for financial markets' and how it can point us towards a more sustainable future. Author David Rouch argues that what it reveals contrasts sharply with the usual portrayals of markets as places of unrestrained financial self-interest. Drawing attention to a more complex reality and the presence of justice-focused aspirations in finance can positively impact individual, institutional,...
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Become The Advisor of the Future
Many financial advisors out there are facing a wall. They're generating $1-3 million in revenue; they're managing all the households they can; they have little time to spend with their own families. They feel like they're playing chief marketing officer, chief investment officer, CEO, CFO, chief compliance officer, and the chief technology officer all at once. There just aren't enough hours in the day.
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Amidst the constant stream of overly technical and excitable books heralding a blockchain revolution that's destined to be more disruptive than the Internet, this book stands apart for its more nuanced take, focusing on the potential for these new technologies to change developing countries for the better. “Chain Reaction” divides the world into two: for some, blockchain seems a poor substitute for an efficient banking and regulatory system in...
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In recent years, financial professionals have been using outdated ideas and methods to judge how well companies are doing and give feedback to the bosses. This helps the executives and CEOs figure out what changes they need to make and make important choices. The boss wants assistance in locating the means to finance a new project. He wants to find areas where we can reduce costs in our products and services, as well as determine if changes made have...
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Despite some progress, women's share in senior management is still poor. Closing the gender gap in leadership leads to better business and financial outcomes. ADB's Trade Finance Program-which guaranteed or funded 3,500 transactions in 2017 valued at $4.5 billion-conducted a gender audit among several of its partner banks. The objective of this study was to develop specific, practical and implementable recommendations to attract, retain, and promote...
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Reducing poverty and inequality requires innovative modes of financing. By enabling the poor to engage more fully in economic activity and participate in supply chains and value chains, inclusive businesses help them to increase earnings and accumulate wealth. This is why inclusive businesses are gaining prominence as an effective response to socio-economic and environmental challenges. Understanding how best to finance them will accelerate inclusion...
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ETHICS IS AT THE CENTRE OF BEING HUMAN
Every day, and in every client interaction, financial advisers face ethical decisions. In whose best interests are you, operating in? Are you recommending the best investment for your client? Do you know enough about your client's situation to be giving this advice?
This practical guide for Australian financial advisers offers ethical decision-making frameworks and practice case studies based on the five values...
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